Thus Spake Sri Rama

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" Untimely death visited not the subjects of Rama. They enjoyed

freedom from disease. Women had not to bewail the loss of their

husbands or children. No robbers, cheats or false dealers were found

anywhere; for each man loved his neighbour as himself. Trees yielded

fruits as each season came; harvest never failed to fill the

granaries to overflowing, and people were satisfied with the fruits

of their labour. Everywhere there was joy, health and happiness. "

 

The immortal sage Valmiki has depicted this divine and wonderful life

of Sri Rama in his famous epic Ramayana, which is an eternal

companion to all Hindus even today.

 

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" Rama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth,

of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, the ideal father, and

above all, the ideal king, this Rama has been presented before us by

the great sage Valmiki. No language can be purer, none chaster, none

more beautiful and at the same time simpler than the language in

which the great poet has depicted the life of Rama. "

 

..... Swami Vivekananda